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New York City delivered a powerful blow to the fossil fuel industry by launching a climate change lawsuit against the biggest oil companies and promising to dump billions of dollars of fossil fuel stocks. New York became the largest American city to sue Big Oil, demanding that ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Royal Dutch Shell and ConocoPhillips pay for the cost of protecting the city from the “existential threat” of climate change. The city on Wednesday also announced a goal to divest […]

The 29-year-old woman accused of damaging at least $300,000 worth of artwork during an alleged drunken first date with a prominent Houston lawyer is disputing the allegations and saying there is more to the story, multiple outlets report.

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• Interviews with Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and other tech elites consistently reveal that Silicon Valley parents are strict about technology use.
• A new book suggests the signs may have been clear years ago that smartphone use should be regulated.
• There may be a way to integrate tech into the classroom, however, that avoids its harmful effects.

Psychologists are quickly learning how dangerous smartphones can be for teenage brains. Читать дальше...

It’s not every day you see an England international act as someone’s chauffeur.  But all that changed when Dele Alli posted on social media various clips of England and Tottenham team-mate Eric Dier being his own personal chauffeur.  It’s clear this situation came about after Dier lost a bet and Alli captured him paying the price on camera.  Alli is seen reminding Dier of his door-opening duties on numerous occasions and the latter was very apologetic for his ‘incompetence’. Читать дальше...

Hearts plan to solve their left-back problem by signing Manchester United's Demetri Mitchell on loan, the Evening News can reveal.

From Goose Island Beer Company out of Chicago Illinois comes their "Sofie" 2017 a Belgian Style Farmhouse Ale barrel aged in white wine barrels. The beer pours a cloudy golden colour with a white head. The aroma consists of wheat, grain, peppery, fruit, sweetness and some floral hops. The flavour is of grainy, wheat, citrus, lemon, orange peel, peppery, yeast, vanilla and sweetness. The alcohol content comes in at 6.5% with an IBU of 20. Once again this one was quite enjoyable.

Agent Jason Wood is being investigated by the MLBPA for allegedly filming his clients with hidden cameras.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The spruce tree destined to serve as the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree was carefully selected from a Montana forest and hauled across the country in a special truck to preserve its freshness. The 79-foot-tall (24-meter-tall) tree, which was lit up last month during a ceremony with congressional members, had its own website and social media presence. Now, some Montana companies hope to keep its fame alive by trucking it back home so it can be used to help rebuild a historic chalet... Читать дальше...

John Leseur was again back in action competing in a 2018 COMP Steamboat Springs Moguls event in Steamboat. In the Second Round in a field of 62 c

Earlier this month, NNSA joined our interagency partners at the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) to conduct a field drill, called Concrete Shield. The exercise took place at a national urban search and rescue training facility in Virginia that is used by first responders to simulate field operations in disaster zones. The exercise provided the agencies an opportunity to practice using their unique expertise and tools that... Читать дальше...

Human Ken Doll Rodrigo Alves said he feels like he has been “run over by a truck” after becoming the first man to have four ribs removed to leave him with a super slim waist. And the plastic surgery addict — who has spent more than $670,000 transforming his body — even filmed his grisly...

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LAS VEGAS — When I had the chance to hail a self-driving Lyft at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, I jumped at the opportunity. 

A car that drives on its own and will ferry me around the Las Vegas strip? "Sure," I thought.

It sounded a little scary but totally futuristic. Plus, I'd never ridden in a self-driving car before.

So on Wednesday morning, my colleague Kif Leswing and I showed up at a parking lot near the Las Vegas Convention Center to hail a self-driving Lyft ride. Читать дальше...

"That's quite a statement, because the guy who's with the Colts was with us for five years at Kansas City.

Who knew?

On Sunday, Chrissy Teigen Instagrammed this adorable picture of her on a slide with her daughter, Luna.

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At first, it's like, WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT? WHY ARE PEOPLE MAD?

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Maybe it's the caption? Nah.

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Well, the commenters pointed out that you're not supposed to slide down a slide with... Читать дальше...

The world's largest coal miner, Coal India, will be shifting its billing mechanism for the consumers in-line with the global trend from the coming fiscal year. As per the plan, the sales bills would be raised based on the actual consumption of the gross calorific value (GCV) which is expressed as kilo calorie per kg of coal.Currently, the consumers are charged based on the coal grade. Under the prevalent system, a GCV range is decided for a certain grade of coal and prices are fixed as per the grade. Читать дальше...

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• Chinese tech giant Baidu announced partnerships to build self-driving vehicles starting in 2018.
• The company's software will be used in a mini bus and mass-market consumer vehicles.
• The company has been making significant investments in autonomous driving technology to compete with American companies like Tesla and Waymo.

At CES in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Chinese tech company Baidu announced an update to its Apollo autonomous driving software... Читать дальше...

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Jared Kushner, who now serves as the senior adviser to President Donald Trump, turns 37 years old on Wednesday. Kushner has become part of a circle of advisers and confidantes that are among the closest White House aides to Trump himself, and is an integral part of the Trump family through his marriage to the president's daughter, Ivanka.

Although his background in Democratic politics would suggest that he is an unlikely figure for such a position, just like Trump... Читать дальше...

Porn star Odette Delacroix has spoken out about the “unbearable” pressures of the adult industry after four of her fellow performers died in just two months. Olivia Nova, 20, was discovered dead on Sunday night — just weeks after August Ames, 23, Yuri Luv, 31, and Shyla Stylez, 35, also passed away. Although the cause...

Federal Homeland Security agents raided 20 alleged “maternity hotels” in Southern California where pregnant Chinese women pay tens of thousands of dollars to live to ensure a “made in America” baby, reports said. The feds raided locations in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties on Tuesday, targeting three competing birth tourism schemes, officials told...

High-end graphics processing units (GPUs) were already expensive. But now that they're being used to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, costs are getting ridiculous.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford is ready to get married again. Nearly eight years after divorcing then-Gov. Mark Sanford, who had publicly admitted an affair with a woman in Argentina, Jenny Sanford posted a picture Tuesday of herself with her fiance on Instagram with the caption "...Yes!" Jenny Sanford told The Post and Courier of Charleston she will marry investment banker Andy McKay this spring. She says they have dated for 15 months. Jenny Sanford says they... Читать дальше...

Cyprus-based Surf Horizon company has filed a lawsuit against Paul Manafort and business partner Richard Gates on vanishing more than a dozen of millions of US dollars, invested by the company in a purchase Manafort and Gates recommended of Ukrainian cable and internet companies.

Mercedes-Benz may have been one of the numerous automakers that showed up to CES to talk about voice assistants. A swath of companies came to say they’ve partnered with Amazon Alexa or added Google Assistant to their infotainment systems. But the German automaker came to Las Vegas this year to say it built its own voice assistant, along with a new user experience for drivers.

Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 21:20:36 10/01/2018 antifashist.com The Pechersk Court of Kiev, where the hearing on the case of the shootings on “Maidan” takes place, actually confirmed that in February, 2014, in Ukraine there was a coup and a violent seizure of power. This was stated by the lawyer of the former […]